"popular with the Brazilian national basketball team winning the World Championship two times (1959, 1963). Also, in Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay, basketball is widely played & very popular. The Brazil women's basketball team is also one of the best teams in the world having won the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women and with three players in the Hall of Fame: Hortência Marcari, Maria Paula Silva and Janeth Arcain The FIBA World Cup take place in South America seven times: Argentina (1950, 1990), Brazil (1954, 1963), Chile (1959), Uruguay (1967) and Colombia (1982). Volleyball is the second most"
"event. The South American Copa América was first contested in 1916 and preceded the World Cup. Decades later, other continental championships emerged - the AFC Asian Cup (1956), the African Cup of Nations (1957), the European Championship (1960), North America's Gold Cup (1991) and Oceania's OFC Nations Cup (1996). The Brazilian team is the most successful team in the World Cup, having won five times. The runners-up are Italy and Germany (three as West Germany) with four titles, having won their latest titles in 2006 and 2014 respectively. The FIFA Women's World Cup was inaugurated with the FIFA Women's World"
"Paraguay and Uruguay. Besides sharing languages and colonial heritage, the residents of the states of the Southern Cone are avid players and fans of football, with top-notch teams competing in the sport. Argentina and Uruguay have both won the FIFA World Cup twice; they are the only national teams along with Brazil outside Europe to have won the cup. Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil have all hosted the World Cup. Additionally, national teams from the region have won several Olympic medals in football. Also, football clubs from the Southern Cone countries have won large numbers of club competitions in South-American"
"former champions are Paraguay, Peru and Chile, with two titles each, and Bolivia, and Colombia, who have each won one. Copa América Finals The Copa América is an international association football competition established in 1916. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), the sport's continental governing body. The most recent Copa América, hosted by the United States in 2016, was won by Chile national football team, who beat Argentina 4–2 in the penalty shootout to obtain the title, after a 0–0 draw. The Copa América final matches are the"
"Copa América Copa América (America Cup), known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol in Spanish and Campeonato Sul-americano de Futebol (Portugal) ou Copa Sul-Americana de Futebol (Brazil) in Portuguese), is an international men's football tournament contested between national teams from CONMEBOL. It is the oldest international continental football competition. The competition determines the continental champion of South America. Since the 1990s, teams from North America and Asia have also been invited to participate. Since 1993, the tournament has generally featured 12 teams – all 10 CONMEBOL teams and two additional teams from other confederations."
"for those years. In 2018, the format of the tournament was changed once again: six teams (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay) would play in the top division, which was renamed to ""South American Six Nations"". Argentina is the most dominant nation at the South American Championships, winning 34 of 40 editions, as well as the two editions of the CONSUR Cup, and the two editions of the Sudamérica Rugby Cup. Uruguay won the tournament four times (1981, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while Chile (2015) and Brazil (2018) won the South American title once. The first edition of the"
"South American nations at the FIFA World Cup Nine of ten members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) have competed in the men's FIFA World Cup finals. National association football teams from CONMEBOL have won the tournament nine times, including Brazil's record five championships. CONMEBOL countries have hosted the finals five times. The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA. The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the"
"The Recopa Sudamericana found in South America annually at the beginning of the new season and is one meeting between the winners of the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Libertadores. CONCACAF region has no such system. The three best clubs in the Caribbean tournament, the CFU Club Championship, will qualify for the main draw of the Champions League; all countries in the Central American mainland to get default a number of places allocated to the group stage. In South America, the Argentine club Independiente and Boca Juniors most successful, both with a total of eight victories; Cruz Azul from Mexico"
"successful national team of the competition with eight victories. Honduras have won four titles. Guatemala and Panama have one title each. To date, Costa Rica and Honduras are the only sides in history to have won consecutive titles, with the former winning an unprecedented three titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Honduras are the current champions, having won the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, in Panama. Due to the success of the Costa Rica national football team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the approaching 1994 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in the United States, the CONCACAF Congress in Kingston,"
"Copa Sudamericana records and statistics This page details the records and statistics of the Copa Sudamericana football tournament. The Copa Sudamericana is an international club tournament played annually in South America. It includes 3-8 teams from all ten CONMEBOL members. It is typically held from August to December and it consists of six stages. The all-time leader in titles won are Argentina's Boca Juniors and Independiente. The following is a list of the 200 clubs that have played at least one match of Copa Sudamericana, updated to the edition 2019. Two clubs has appeared in the finals of the Copa"
"the Americas. South American nations at the FIFA World Cup Nine of ten members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) have competed in the men's FIFA World Cup finals. National association football teams from CONMEBOL have won the tournament nine times, including Brazil's record five championships. CONMEBOL countries have hosted the finals five times. The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA. The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results"
"won by 16 clubs and won consecutively by four clubs: Brazil's São Paulo, Ecuador's LDU Quito, Argentina's Boca Juniors and River Plate successfully defended the title in 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2016, respectively. When the Supercopa Sudamericana was created in 1988, a new continental Super Cup competition in South America became viable. CONMEBOL named the new competition ""Recopa Sudamericana"" after the defunct Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes played in 1970 and 1971. The Recopa Sudamericana, disputed between the winners of South America's two premier club competitions, is not related chronologically to the Recopa Sudamericana, created in 1968 which was contested between"
"for having won the most awards. Argentine club River Plate have had the most winners with seven awards. The most recent recipient of the award is Luan of Grêmio, who won in 2017. The award by newspaper ""El Mundo"" was awarded to the best South American footballer between 1971 and 1985. From 1986, the South American Footballer of the Year was named by ""El País"". South American Footballer of the Year The Rey del Fútbol de América (""King of Football of America""), often referred to as the South American Footballer of the Year, is an annual association football award presented"
"in South America by splitting into two separate competitions per season, the ""Apertura"" (February to June) and the ""Finalización"" (July to December). In 1991, a second division was added to the first with a third, now defunct. With 15 titles, Atlético Nacional is the team with the most trophies, followed by Millonarios F.C. with 14; both are the most successful clubs domestically. The Copa Colombia appeared in 1950, although this knockout competition was only contested from time to time until 2008 when it became an annual tournament. Atlético Nacional and Millonarios are also the most successful clubs in this competition,"
"Copa América Finals The Copa América is an international association football competition established in 1916. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), the sport's continental governing body. The most recent Copa América, hosted by the United States in 2016, was won by Chile national football team, who beat Argentina 4–2 in the penalty shootout to obtain the title, after a 0–0 draw. The Copa América final matches are the last of the competition, and the results determine which country's team is declared South American champions. If after 90 minutes"
"Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010. Only one Oceanian qualifier, Australia in 2006, has advanced to the second round. Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany are the only teams to win a World Cup outside their continental confederation; Brazil came out victorious in Europe (1958), North America (1970 and 1994) and Asia (2002). Argentina won a World Cup in North America in 1986, while Spain won in Africa in 2010. In 2014, Germany became the first European team to win in the Americas. Only on five occasions have consecutive World Cups been won by teams from the same continent, and"
"Central American Football Union The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its member associations are part of CONCACAF. The UNCAF organize various competitions, the Central American Cup is played every two years, starting in 1991, and usually feature the seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, winning the tournament eight times (1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, and 2014). Honduras have won the tournament four times (1993, 1995, 2011,"
"the tournament's history, with 15 cups, while the current champion, Chile, has two cups. Argentina, which hosted the inaugural edition in 1916, has hosted the tournament the most times (nine). The United States is the only non-CONMEBOL country to host, having hosted the event in 2016. On three occasions (in 1975, 1979, and 1983), the tournament was held in multiple South American countries. The highest finishing member of CONMEBOL has the right to participate in the next edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, but is not obliged to do so. The first football team in South America, Lima Cricket and"
"such as the Copa CONMEBOL, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana becomes eligible to play in the Recopa Sudamericana. They gain entry onto the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition. They also contest in the Supercopa Euroamericana and the Suruga Bank Championship. The reigning champion of the competition is Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense, who defeated Colombian club Junior in the most recent final. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most victories with eight while containing the largest number of different winning teams, with a total of six clubs having won the"
"South American Cricket Championship The South American Cricket Championship (Spanish: ""Campeonato Sudamericano de Críquet; Portuguese ""Campeonato Sul-Americano de Críquete"") is an international limited-overs cricket tournament featuring national teams from South America and certain other invited sides often national teams from outside South America, currently played annually but until 2013 was usually played every two seasons. Argentine teams have been the most successful at the tournament, winning on eight out of the thirteen occasions it has been held. The Argentine national team won the first three championships without losing a game, and consequently since 2000 the country has been represented by"
"South America has 3 tournament wins and has been runner up three times. Additionally Argentina has finished in third place on 3 occasions, Chile has done so on one occasion and Colombia has finished in fourth place twice, but neither of the latter two have ever appeared in the final. Europe has 4 tournaments wins (1 each for France, USSR, Switzerland and England) and has been runner up 6 times. Spain has been runner up on 4 occasions. Additionally Portugal and Netherlands have won third-place medals in 1989 and 2005 respectively. The CONCACAF zone has 2 tournament wins (for Mexico"
"Sudamericana more than once with a 100% success rate: Eleven clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion: On the other end, twelve clubs have appeared in the finals and have never won the tournament. One of those clubs has appeared in the finals more than once, losing on each occasion: Emelec have the record number of consecutive participations with 8 from 2009 to 2016. One team has appeared in a record of two consecutive finals: Only one club have successfully defended the trophy: Boca Juniors (2005) Copa Sudamericana records and statistics This page details the"
"CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, ; ; or CSF) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA. CONMEBOL national teams have won nine FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Uruguay two and Argentina two),"
"of regular play the score is a draw, a penalty shootout takes place. The winning penalty shoot-out team are then declared champions. Every edition from 1916 to 1967 involved a final round-robin group, without the need of a decisive, final match. Ever since the competition was rebranded to its present state, the tournament has been decided by a one-off match on every occasion except 1989 and 1991, when the winner was decided by a final group contested by four teams. With 15 titles Uruguay is the most successful Copa América team. Argentina has 14 titles and Brazil, eight. The other"
"Fe in 2015. Colombian football clubs in international competitions Colombian football clubs have entered South American association football competitions, as of Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana since 1960, when Millonarios participated in the first edition of Copa Libertadores. In 2016, Atlético Nacional became the first Colombian club to take part in the FIFA Club World Cup. Copa Libertadores is considered the most important club tournament in South America. Two Colombian clubs have won this tournament: Atlético Nacional have won twice (in 1989 and 2016), Once Caldas have won it once (in 2004). Copa Sudamericana has been won by a Colombian"
"15 titles (they were previously equal on 14 titles each during the 2011 Copa America). The continent has produced many of the most famous and most talented players including Alfredo Di Stéfano, Pelé, Alberto Spencer, Teófilo Cubillas, César Cueto, Enzo Francescoli, Arsenio Erico, Elías Figueroa, Diego Maradona, Carlos Valderrama, Iván Zamorano, Gabriel Batistuta, Ronaldo, Claudio Pizarro, Ronaldinho, Neymar, Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi. Basketball is particularly popular in South America. One of the most important achievements was the Argentina gold medal in Men's Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Argentina won the World Championship in 1950. In Brazil, basketball became"
"Colombian football clubs in international competitions Colombian football clubs have entered South American association football competitions, as of Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana since 1960, when Millonarios participated in the first edition of Copa Libertadores. In 2016, Atlético Nacional became the first Colombian club to take part in the FIFA Club World Cup. Copa Libertadores is considered the most important club tournament in South America. Two Colombian clubs have won this tournament: Atlético Nacional have won twice (in 1989 and 2016), Once Caldas have won it once (in 2004). Copa Sudamericana has been won by a Colombian club once: Santa"
"first host country. The most successful clubs from all continents come worldwide confrontations at this tournament. Central American clubs, almost always from Mexico, played no significant role in the first ten editions. Brazilian clubs Corinthians, São Paulo and Internacional jointly won four titles; the other tournaments were won by West European clubs. Argentina's Independiente won the South American club tournament Copa Libertadores seven times. Also, in the second place is a club from Argentina. The equivalent of this tournament for Central America and the Caribbean is the CONCACAF Champions League, of which finished the hitherto 51 played seasons thirty times"
"in South American leagues from winning the award. From 1998, eligibility extended to South Americans playing in Mexico due to the participation of Mexican clubs in the Copa Libertadores. The inaugural winner was Tostão of Cruzeiro. Mario Kempes, who played for Spanish club Valencia, was the only player to win the award while playing in a non-South American league. Three players have won the award three times each: Elías Figueroa of Internacional, Zico of Flamengo, and Carlos Tevez of Boca Juniors and Corinthians; Figueroa and Tevez did so in consecutive years. With 13 awards, Argentine and Brazilian players are tied"
"limit was raised to 20. This change was made in order to use the competition as South American qualification for the FIFA World Youth Championship (now renamed the FIFA U-20 World Cup), held every two years since 1977. The most recent edition (number 28) was hosted by Ecuador and won by Uruguay in 2017. The Championship has had only five champions during its history (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay). However, since 1983, Brazil has largely dominated the tournament, sharing the trophy only on three occasions with Colombia and on four occasions with Argentina. All matches take place in the"
"History of the Copa Libertadores The Copa Libertadores is the most important international football club competition in South America. Throughout the history of the tournament, 22 teams from seven countries have won the competition. Its rich history has been saturated with many legendary matches, iconic players and exceptional teams; from Peñarol's historical consegration in 1960, to Coutinho and Pelé enchanting the world with Santos's magical football, down to Estudiantes's unlikely success at the end of the 1960s, and Club Atlético Independiente being brought to glory in the utmost manner. Juan Carlos Lorenzo's legendary upbringing of Boca Juniors, seeing Flamengo engrave"
"2017, online entertainment site Bumbet has become a premium sponsor of Copa Sudamericana. Clubs in the Copa Sudamericana receive $400,000 for qualifying for the competition. Afterwards, each club earns $90,000 per home match. That amount is derived from television rights and stadium advertising. In addition, CONMEBOL pays $500,000 to the winners. Claudio Morel Rodríguez is the only player to have won three Copa Sudamericana winners' medals. As of the end of the 2014 tournament, LDU Quito and São Paulo have played most games in the tournament (50). Source: Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ""Copa Sudamericana"" (; ) is"
"nations with an Atlantic coast: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Olimpia of Paraguay became the first team outside of those nations to win the Copa Libertadores when they triumphed in 1979. The first club from a country with a Pacific coast to reach a final was Universitario of Lima, Peru, who lost in 1972 against Independiente of Argentina. The following year, Independiente defeated Colo-Colo of Chile, another Pacific team, creating the myth that the trophy would never go to the west, giving birth to the saying, ""La Copa se mira y no se toca"" (). Unión Española became the third Pacific"